College English
Mar 2010
Building Empire through Argumentation: Debating Salt and Iron in Western Han China
Abstract
The history of American imperialism, as well as China’s strong presence on the contemporary global scene, should encourage American scholars of rhetoric to look beyond the nation-state and study other rhetorical traditions such as Chinese practices of argument. A debate during the Western Han dynasty over the country’s economic policies illustrates how official-orators discursively engaged one another while representing various philosophical orientations. This debate also reminds us of how important the values of humanity, empathy, and responsibility should be in contemporary rhetorical education.
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- College English
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- 2010-03-01
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- 10.58680/ce20109971
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